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The state news
agency said Trump is playing the “China-bashing card” while proposing to hinder China's
exports to the U.S. market as a way to boost U.S. economic growth.

This is an “easy”
card for U.S. politicians to play, the agency said, to cover up what it said are “fundamental
structural drawbacks.” Neither Republicans nor Democrats would be willing to propose
policies that would fix these problems, it said.

“By scapegoating China and global free trade for lackluster economic performance,
Trump and his team betrayed the Republicans' traditional endorsement of unrestricted
trade,” writer Zhu Dongyang said. “In a freakish coincidence, Trump shared a similar
view with his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton that Washington shall pursue myopic
and poisonous protectionism and ‘stand up to China' to make up for lost ground.”

Trump Aug. 8 accused Beijing of breaking trade rules and said enforcement of trade
rules with regard to China would be a centerpiece of his trade policy. Clinton is
scheduled to outline her economic policies at an Aug. 11 event in Michigan (153 ITD, 8/9/16).

‘Merely Tough Talk'?

A Clinton adviser on trade issues told Bloomberg BNA Aug. 2 that her opposition to
the rules of origin for autos and auto parts in the pending 12-nation Trans-Pacific
Partnership (TPP) does concern China. The TPP annex on autos provides for steel from
non-TPP countries, such as China, to be pressed into shape in TPP countries and then
be “deemed”
as being of TPP origination and thus qualifying for TPP tariff benefits, the source
said.

In addition, China has come under fire from the U.S. and other nations for exporting
a glut of steel products, driving down prices worldwide and taking a toll on local
industries. Beijing has said it has taken 150 million metric tons of production offline
and reduced exports, but U.S. analysts said market conditions haven't changed and
trace the continued glut to Chinese excess capacity (130 ITD, 7/7/16).

The Xinhua article said U.S. presidents often denounce China during the election race
but then pursue more positive relations with China once they take office.

“That was true with former Republican President George W. Bush, and Hillary's once
anti-trade husband Bill Clinton, who nevertheless gave China most-favored-nation treatment,
which in part contributed to the U.S. economic boom of the 1990s,” the article said.
“Hopefully, the threat of launching a trade war with China by the current presidential
candidates is merely tough talk.”

The Trump campaign did not respond to a request for comment.

To contact the reporter on this story: Len Bracken in Washington at
lbracken@bna.com

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Jerome Ashton at
jashton@bna.com

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